Non-returnable carrier



Nov. 19, 1957 H. L. METZGER 2,813,657

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Nov. 19, 1957 H. L. METZGER 2,813,657

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by M! M to Fort Orange Paper Company, Castleton-on-Hudson, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 10, 1954, Serial No. 428,521

3 Claims. (Cl. 220-113) This invention relates to bottle carriers. More particularly, it has to do with a bottle carrier made from a single blank of die-cut and scored paper-board material, folded and secured in collapsed condition and which, after being opened and once used, is intended to be disposed of by the user.

Generally, it is an object of the invention to provide such a bottle carrier that is inexpensive, simple, but sufficiently durable and attractive, and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is intended.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a single die-cut and scored blank of paper-board material to be folded and secured together in collapsed form for use, when opened, as a disposable bottle carrier, the same constituting a rectangularly shaped panel divided into two identical portions along a transverse score line providing thereby two connected, integral, longitudinal partitions and carrying handle sections, each such portion having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom but hingedly connected thereto and securable to an opposite side wall of the carrier, with each carrying handle section having a hand-hole therein, each portion also having a separate identical panel, of equal width but greater length than each portion, laterally extending therefrom, such last named panels being divided along transverse score lines into an end wall, a side wall and an opposite end wall respectively, the latter end wall being securable to an opposite end of one of the identical portions of the rectangularly shaped panel, each side wall having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom, such transverse partitions being similar in configuration to the first named transverse partitions but hingedly connected thereto and securable to the longitudinal partition portions, and a foldable bottom wall connected to the bottom of one of the side walls, and securable to the bottom of the other side wall.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of such a blank embodied by the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank in Fig. 1 being once folded upon itself;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank of Fig. 2 folded upon itself a second time;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank of Fig. 3 in finally folded and secured position to provide a collapsed carrier;

Fig. 5 is a top view of the collapsed carrier of Fig. 4 when opened for the reception of bottles;

2,813,657 Patented Nov. 19, 1957 Fig. 6 is a perspective view of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken along the lines 7-7 of Fig. 6 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is indicated generally at 10, a single die-cut and scored blank of paper-board material embodied by the invention. The blank comprises a rectangularly shaped panel generally indicated at 11 and is divided into two identical portions indicated at 12 and 13 by a transverse score line 14. This provides two connected, integral, longitudinal partition portions 15 and carrying handle sections 16.

Each identical portion 12 and 13 has a transverse partition 17 centrally cut therefrom as indicated by the lines 18, 19 and 20. However, these transverse partitions are hingedly connected along the score lines 21 of their respective identical portions 12 and 13. The extent of the area of the panel 17 is further defined by the score line 22, the remainder thereof constituting a glue flap 23, each of Which is secured to an opposite side wall as will more fully appear hereinafter.

The carrying handle sections 16 of each identical portion 12 and 13 are each provided with hand-holes indicated by the lines 24 extending to the score lines 25, which also result in hand-hole flaps 26 that remain attached to the carrying handle sections 16.

The identical portions 12 and 13 each have a separate identical panel laterally extending therefrom as indicated at 27 and 23, and each of these panels is divided along the transverse score lines 29, 30 and 31 to provide end wall sections 32, side walls 33 and end wall sections 34 respectively, the panels 27 and 28 in their entirety being separated by a line of severance 35.

The side walls 33 each have a transverse partition 36 centrally cut therefrom, similar to the transverse partitions 17 in the identical portions 12 and 13, as indicated by the line of severance at 38, 39 and 40. However, these transverse partitions 36 are also hingedly connected to the side walls 33 along the score lines 41. Adjacent their ends are score lines 42 providing thereby a glue flap 43 securable to opposite longitudinal partition sections 15.

The lower side wall 33, as it appears in the drawing, also has integral therewith along its bottom edge a bottom wall indicated generally at 44 extending therefrom along the score line 45 and is divided into sections 46 and 47 by a transverse score line 48. Another score line 49 defines a glue flap 50 extending from the section 47.

When run through a line gluing machine, the die-cut and scored blank 10 may be spot glued as indicated at 51 on the longitudinal partition portions of the identical sec tions 12 and 13, and also as indicated at 52 on the side walls 33 of the identical panels 27 and 28. However, since the spot applications of glue 51 and 52 are adapted to secure the glue flaps 23 and 39, it will be obvious that such applications of glue could, as an alternative, be ap plied to such glue flaps to secure the same in position when the blank is folded upon itself for the purpose of securing the transverse partitions 17 and 36 in position. It will also be observed that, at the same time, a line of glue margin-ally can be applied to the ends of the end wall sections 34 so that the same can be secured to glue flaps 53 on the identical portions 12 and 13 as defined by the score lines 54 as will more fully appear hereinafter. It will be observed that the glue flaps 53 are provided with hooks 55 for the purpose of interlockingly engaging the bottom wall 44 as additional support to carry the weight of the bottles, also as will more fully appear hereinafter. The glue flap 50 on the bottom wall 44 may also receive an application of glue at this time or, this can subsequently be applied.

As shown in Fig. 2, the identical portions 12 and 13 are folded over upon the rest of the blank along the score lines 29 and the end wall sections 34 are folded along the score lines 31 upon the glue flaps 53. Thereafter, glue is applied across the face of the portion 13 and, unless glue has already been applied to the glue flap 50, the same can now receive an application of glue during this operation.

In Fig. 3 it will be seen that the combined sections 12, end walls 32 and 34, and side wall 33 of panel 27 is next folded along score line 14 so that the section 12 can be adhesively aflixed to the blue applied surface of identical portion 13. Thereafter, the bottom wall 44 is folded over upon itself along the score line 48 so that glue flap 50 can be secured along the lower marginal edge of the opposite side wall 33 of the panel 27, and the collapsed bottle carrier is ready to be shipped in stacked relation with other such carriers for ultimate use.

When the user is ready to fill such a carrier with hottles, the same is opened up or squared from its collapsed position as shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 and, after engaging the hooks with the bottom wall 44, the carrier is ready to be filled with bottles.

It will thus be seen that the objects hereinbefore set forth may readily and efliciently be attained, and since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A single die-cut and scored blank of paper-board material to be folded and secured together in collapsed form for use, when opened, as a non-returnable bottle carrier, which comprises a rectangularly shaped panel divided into two identical portions along an uninterrupted transverse score line to provide two connected integral longitudinal partitions and carrying handle sections, each said portion having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom but hingedly connected thereto and securable to an opposite side wall of said carrier, and each carrying handle section having a hand-hole therein adjacent said transverse partitions; said portions each having a separate identical panel, of equal width but greater length than each said portion, laterally extending therefrom, each of which panels is divided along transverse score lines into end, side, and opposite end wall sections respectively, each latter end wall section being securable to an opposite end of said identical portions; each side wall having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom, but hingedly connected thereto and securable to opposite longitudinal partitions; and a foldable bottom wall connected to the bottom of one of said side walls, and securable to the bottom of said other side wall, said transverse partitions that are cut from said side walls being of substantially triangular shape and of the same size and configuration as said transverse partitions that are cut from said longitudinal partitions, said transverse partitions being disposed in alternate reversed relation, and providing said side walls and longitudinal partitions with centrally located openings that are substantially triangular in configuration and also being disposed in alternate reversed relation.

2. A collapsed bottle carrier made from a single diecut, scored and folded blank of paper-board material secured together, which, when opened, forms a non-returnable bottle carrier, comprising a rectangularly shaped panel divided into two identical portions along a transverse score line to provide two connected integral l0ngitudinal partitions and carrying handle sections, folded over along said score line and secured together, each carrying handle section having aligned handle-holes, and each said portion adjacent said hand-holes, having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom but hingedly connected thereto and secured to an opposite side wall of said carrier and folded thereagainst; said portions each having a separate identical panel, of equal width but greater length than each said portion, divided along transverse score lines into end, side, and opposite side Wall sections respectively, each latter end wall section being secured to an opposite end of said identical portions, so that each side wall and one of its end walls lie folded against said identical portions; each side Wall having a transverse partition centrally cut therefrom, but hingedly connected thereto and secured to opposite longitudinal partitions, and being folded thereagainst; and a bottom wall, connected to the bottom of one of said side walls, folded upon itself and secured to the bottom of said other side Wall, said transverse partitions that are cut from said side walls being of substantially triangular shape and of the same size and configuration as said transverse partitions that are cut from said longitudinal partitions, said transverse partitions being disposed in alternate reversed relation, and providing said side walls and longitudinal partitions with centrally located openings that are substantially triangular in configuration and also being disposed in alternate reversed relation.

3. A collapsible, non-returnable bottle carrier made from a single blank of paper-board material, die-cut, scored, folded and secured together in squared bottle carrying position, which comprises a rectangularly shaped panel divided into two identical portions along a transverse score line to provide two connected integral longitudinal partitions and carrying handle sections, having handholes, folded over along said score line and secured together to form a double wall longitudinal partition and carrying handle section, having an aligned hand-hole; said double wall having a transverse partition, adjacent said handholes, centrally cut from each wall portion thereof and secured to opposite side walls, and panels extending from each double wall at one end providing integral end wall sections, side walls and opposite end wall sections each connected to the other end of a wall constituting said double wall; said side walls being of equal area with said double wall longitudinal partition and carrying handle section, and each having a transverse partition cen trally cut therefrom, and secured to opposite longitudinal partitions of said double wall; and one of said side walls having a panel integral therewith at its bottom, extending to and connected with the opposite side wall to provide a bottom for said carrier, said transverse partitions that are cut from said side Walls being of substantially triangular shape and of the same size and configuration as said transverse partitions that are cut from said longitudinal partitions, said transverse partitions being disposed in alternate reversed relation, and providing said side walls and longitudinal partitions with centrally locatedopenings that are substantially triangular in configuration and also being disposed in alternate reversed relation.

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